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Florida State made just 3 of 16 from the field
and committed six turnovers to open the game as Illinois jumped
to a 16-6 lead. Bostic was 6-of-6 shooting before the break as
Illinois led by as many as 17 points before taking a 43-34 lead
into halftime.
Makayla Timpson made a jumper that cut Florida State’s deficit
to five points with just under six minutes to play but Cook
answered with a layup. McKenzie followed with an offensive
rebound and putback to make it 74-55 with 4:33 remaining and the
Seminoles got no closer.
Ta’Niya Latson scored 27 points and Timpson had 22 and 14
rebounds for Florida State (1-1), which set a single-game
program record for points in its opener, beating North Florida
119-49. O’Mariah Gordon added 14 points on 6-of-22 shooting.
Sydney Bowles, a transfer from Texas A&M who was named to the
SEC All-Freshman team and led the Aggies with 52 made 3s in
2022-23.
McKenzie combined with Bostic to make 16 of 21 from the field
and grab 13 rebounds. Gretchen Dolan scored 11 for Illinois
(1-0).
Illinois, which beat Villanova in last season’s WBIT
championship game, returns four of five starters — Cook, Genesis
Bryant, McKenzie and Bostic — along with 2022-23 starter Brynn
Shoup-Hill and freshman Berry Wallace, a five-star recruit and
McDonald’s All-American. Shoup-Hill grabbed 10 rebounds to go
with five points and two blocks. Berry made her debut in the
first quarter and returned in the third but did not record any
statistics in three total minutes.
Florida State, which went 23-11 last season including a 12-6
mark in ACC play, brought back 75% of its scoring production
from a year ago as well as 82% of their rebounds.
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